You said that it is possible to objectively judge the merit of art. I said this is not possible. This has nothing to do with my subjective view on the artistic value of Michaelangelo's David. Again, either explain how you can objectively judge art or point to someone who does this.
Gnosis in ancient greek was not just to "know", it was also to experience. I consider agnosticism to be the belief that direct experience of god is impossible, i.e. the opposite of various gnostic sects. Where as atheism, to me, means that I do not believe there is a god. It just does not make sense.
Because a bunch of old, rich guys got together 200 odd years ago and decided stuff I get no real say in how I live my life?
The constitution is just a piece of paper with some words on it, if you care about that more than you care about the well being of people or society in general, I would say you have a bit of a problem.
You are correct, this does apply to small time bands; but, i have listened to almost exclusively small time bands for such a long time now that they are essentially the only ones on my radar.
Honestly, i think the state of music would be better off if there were more small time and less big name. People really do not have such similar tastes.
PS I still download, or steal, major label groups' music. Mainly because I know people who like said music. Rarely do I find an album worth listening to; No, in fact, I cannot remember the last time I found a mojor label album I liked.
I have often thought how fun it would be, if i had the talent, to get signed to a major, take the advance and go to cuba( or whatever random country they could not sue you in0, record the album and release it on the internet. You would instantly be famous. Of course you would have to live in whatever country you moved to, a small price to pay for fame.
"You are now confusing legal and illegal file sharing. There are many ways a small, unknown band can use file-sharing to gain some traction. This does not usually mean that they let all of their music be copied for free."
While they may not let all their music be copied for free it often is; and I have found many great bands this way. And actually spent money going to their shows.
You really need not stop listening to music all together, there are plenty of non-RIAA labels out there. Epitaph is a big one, they are mostly punk stuff, but there are independent labels for most types of music. Just do a little research.
At most of the supermarkets around here you can just input your phone number in lieu of actually having the card. I just give them different peoples phone numbers every time.
There is not a single bridge in the earthquake prone areas of California that will collapse in a 4.2 earthquake. I know, it is a minor quibble, but the point is that California, or at least the major cities, is relatively safe in an earthquake. The reason for this is because we prepare. We build things to stand up to earthquakes.
And for reference, the freeway that collapsed during the loma prieta quake in '89 was build in the *worst* possible place. My friend has an old map that shows the composition of the ground around the bay area. If you match that map up to one that shows the collapsed freeway you see that the part that collapsed was built on landfill, and only the parts that were build on landfill collapsed. Not to tough to figure out.
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You would be right if windows code was open.
"(and no I am not new here)"
sure, a hundred and twenty-nine thousand and yo...
Oh, sorry.
um.
I'm drunk?
were that true you would have included a link.
you still can.
Do you know the dirty little secret of MSFT?
I think you do not.
If they fail to *grow* their stock will drop.
Under which standard a drop in market share equals death.
The most important theng to remember is that when their OS market share starts to drop they are in real trouble.
So it begins.
You said that it is possible to objectively judge the merit of art. I said this is not possible. This has nothing to do with my subjective view on the artistic value of Michaelangelo's David. Again, either explain how you can objectively judge art or point to someone who does this.
"you can usefully measure two works of art on an objective scale of artistic merit."
So then explain how you can objectively do this. I bet you cannot.
Gnosis in ancient greek was not just to "know", it was also to experience. I consider agnosticism to be the belief that direct experience of god is impossible, i.e. the opposite of various gnostic sects. Where as atheism, to me, means that I do not believe there is a god. It just does not make sense.
But still pertinent.
If you can change your mind based on evidence presented to you then you are a step ahead of most people.
And I think you just gave me a new term for downloading copyrighted material.
"No, I never pirate music. I *Privateer* it!"
except in our case 'territories' would be better refered to as 'colonies'.
But, I swear we are not an empire.
Wow, so let me get this straight.
Because a bunch of old, rich guys got together 200 odd years ago and decided stuff I get no real say in how I live my life?
The constitution is just a piece of paper with some words on it, if you care about that more than you care about the well being of people or society in general, I would say you have a bit of a problem.
You are correct, this does apply to small time bands; but, i have listened to almost exclusively small time bands for such a long time now that they are essentially the only ones on my radar.
Honestly, i think the state of music would be better off if there were more small time and less big name. People really do not have such similar tastes.
PS I still download, or steal, major label groups' music. Mainly because I know people who like said music. Rarely do I find an album worth listening to; No, in fact, I cannot remember the last time I found a mojor label album I liked.
One word: Distribution.
The Majors pretty much have a lock on the distribution system.
I have often thought how fun it would be, if i had the talent, to get signed to a major, take the advance and go to cuba( or whatever random country they could not sue you in0, record the album and release it on the internet. You would instantly be famous. Of course you would have to live in whatever country you moved to, a small price to pay for fame.
"You are now confusing legal and illegal file sharing. There are many ways a small, unknown band can use file-sharing to gain some traction. This does not usually mean that they let all of their music be copied for free."
While they may not let all their music be copied for free it often is; and I have found many great bands this way. And actually spent money going to their shows.
You really need not stop listening to music all together, there are plenty of non-RIAA labels out there. Epitaph is a big one, they are mostly punk stuff, but there are independent labels for most types of music. Just do a little research.
I will vote for you. If only to see Hurricane Monster.
At most of the supermarkets around here you can just input your phone number in lieu of actually having the card. I just give them different peoples phone numbers every time.
As if the brits care if Belfast burns?
Come on, they tried it themselves plenty. This way they can blame it on those nigh uncontrolable loyalists.
Then the IRA gets to blame the retaliation on the provos.
Do not forget all of our dirty wars in Central and South America.
Oh, and Laos and Cambodia.
There is not a single bridge in the earthquake prone areas of California that will collapse in a 4.2 earthquake. I know, it is a minor quibble, but the point is that California, or at least the major cities, is relatively safe in an earthquake. The reason for this is because we prepare. We build things to stand up to earthquakes.
And for reference, the freeway that collapsed during the loma prieta quake in '89 was build in the *worst* possible place. My friend has an old map that shows the composition of the ground around the bay area. If you match that map up to one that shows the collapsed freeway you see that the part that collapsed was built on landfill, and only the parts that were build on landfill collapsed. Not to tough to figure out.
That is exactly the point. They do not *need* to know them so they never learn them. But it is a blind spot nonetheless.
I was just happy when their lineman's handsets were the right color. Yay bright orange!
Man, i have not used one of those in years.
pure genius!
I am so spreading this.